Disinfecting handheld electronic devices with UV-C in a healthcare setting

Handheld Electronic Devices (HEDs) play a central role in the hospital environment. However, they can be a vehicle for transmitting (pathogenic) microorganisms. We studied whether disinfection with UV-C light is successful in disinfecting three different HEDs in a clinical setting. Disinfection with...

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Autores principales: Cremers-Pijpers, Suzan, van Rossum, Carsten, Dautzenberg, Mirjam, Wertheim, Heiman, Tostmann, Alma, Hopman, Joost
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100133
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author Cremers-Pijpers, Suzan
van Rossum, Carsten
Dautzenberg, Mirjam
Wertheim, Heiman
Tostmann, Alma
Hopman, Joost
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description Handheld Electronic Devices (HEDs) play a central role in the hospital environment. However, they can be a vehicle for transmitting (pathogenic) microorganisms. We studied whether disinfection with UV-C light is successful in disinfecting three different HEDs in a clinical setting. Disinfection with UV-C light was performed with the UV-Smart® D25. We took a total of 800 samples on two departments and counted colony forming units. More than half of the baseline measurements were moderately (>10CFU) or highly (>50 CFU) contaminated. Post-disinfection the CFU was 0 in 87% of measurements. We conclude that the UV-Smart® D25 can be used to disinfect non-critical HEDs in clinical healthcare.
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spelling pubmed-83360582021-08-05 Disinfecting handheld electronic devices with UV-C in a healthcare setting Cremers-Pijpers, Suzan van Rossum, Carsten Dautzenberg, Mirjam Wertheim, Heiman Tostmann, Alma Hopman, Joost Infect Prev Pract Short Report Handheld Electronic Devices (HEDs) play a central role in the hospital environment. However, they can be a vehicle for transmitting (pathogenic) microorganisms. We studied whether disinfection with UV-C light is successful in disinfecting three different HEDs in a clinical setting. Disinfection with UV-C light was performed with the UV-Smart® D25. We took a total of 800 samples on two departments and counted colony forming units. More than half of the baseline measurements were moderately (>10CFU) or highly (>50 CFU) contaminated. Post-disinfection the CFU was 0 in 87% of measurements. We conclude that the UV-Smart® D25 can be used to disinfect non-critical HEDs in clinical healthcare. Elsevier 2021-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8336058/ /pubmed/34368747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2021.100133 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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